Sunday, July 6, 2014

Key Lime Holidaze @LucyBurdette

Hi all! Hayley Snow here. I am sure you are all busy with your barbecues
and red white and blue desserts and fireworks, but if you have a minute,
I thought you might be interested in how we celebrate the Fourth of
July weekend in Key West.

First of all, key limes are in season so of course there's a Key Lime festival where Miss Key Lime is crowned and where my pal David Sloan makes the biggest Key Lime pie in
the world. That guy is crazy, but you can join in the fun for a two dollar donation to defray the cost of the ingredients.

Miss Gloria and I are throwing a big dinner party tonight because everyone likes
to watch the fireworks from Houseboat Row. Here's the menu we came up
with. Do you think we went a little crazy with the Key Lime theme?

Tell us the best thing YOU ate all weekend and you'll be entered in the giveaway for your choice of the Key West food critic mysteries...don't forget to leave your email! Hurry! Because at midnight, the next cozy days of summer drawing starts...

We had Swiss Chalet chicken. Yumm. Sadly, all the Swiss Chalet restaurants around here closed-but you can get the sauce in a packet in Canada! My mom's neighbor crosses teh border all the time and got her some (she also gets it online). We bought a rotisserie chicken, made the sauce and had it with french fries. Delicious!

I'm reading the newest Key West book right now. Great series.I had Pad Thai yesterday. Went shopping with my son and we stopped for lunch. Love that stuff. Have enough for a meal for today. Servings are big.txmlhl@yahoo.com

This holiday weekend I've been bingeing on Northeast Sweet cherries - they are just the right balance of sweet & tart! Yum! I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend with lots of yummy key lime recipes and some really wonderful cozies!londonandlisa@gmail.com

My husband and I are enjoying the weekend being alone. It hasn't happened for a while so we are having a vacation. We also have not doen much cooking. Just found leftovers in the fridge and freezer. But your menu looks so good! Yum!

The best thing I ate this weekend was a wonderfully seasoned and tender piece of flank steak with potatoes and broccoli. My husband kept telling me how good the steak was. I cooked it on 350 degrees for one hour and then put it under the broiler for ten minutes to finish it off; tender, juicy and with a little crusting it was delicious!!

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